Opinions

Gold prices as the 10-year yield are negatively correlated

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The U.S. markets are going to be supported as long as Asian and European money keeps coming in to chase the higher-yield. But if they start to come down later today and finish lower, then this will tell us that the U.S. professionals have had enough and the market could

With the US markets rallying to fresh record highs this week, it certainly seems like a good time to buy dips in the market. The challenge, however, is finding stocks that don’t have a significant amount of downside risk.

In my opinion, U.S. investors were trading momentum and not value. This usually indicates the presence of short-term speculative buyers, not value-seeking investors. I also think that some money managers bought because everyone was buying and they didn’t want to miss the move.

I expect Chinese equities to “play catch-up” with the rest of the global indexes. My guess is for a 6-10% lower opening on Monday, February 3.

Ahead of the opening bell on Friday, the S&P 500 has recovered a bulk of the loss from the early week. But will the index continue the upward momentum?

It’s been a wild ride for Britain and the Pound since the summer of 2016 when Britain decided to jump ship and we may see a few more twists and turns…

Rig counts are declining and prices are oversold

Policymakers are expected to signal that rates are “likely to remain appropriate” at their current level, as long as the economy doesn’t change significantly.

Prices break down and are poised to test 4-year lows

While I spend many hours a day scouring through Forex charts, the charts related to these two markets have caught my eye.

Given the ongoing trade issues, the political drama in Washington, the Fed’s multiple moves and geopolitical uncertainties, the one constant this year underpinning stocks has been corporate earnings results.

What traders could be waiting for is Trump’s response. Will he defy his promise to Chinese President Xi Jinping, or will he remain silent?  It’s highly unusual for Trump to remain silent for too long especially when a foreign country threatens the U.S. with “strong countermeasures.”

One group like Fed Chair Jerome Powell believes the outlook is generally positive. Another believes the U.S. economy needs even easier policy to avoid sinking into a recession. Still a third group believes the Fed has gone far enough or even a little too far in trying to revitalize the

If Trump moves forward with the tariffs on October 15 then this will complicate matters since it will indicate that both sides are still far apart and Trump feels China needs to continue to feel pressure in order to finish a deal in a timely manner.

While some wait for a recession, others are watching for a potential jump in inflation that could derail any thoughts of future rate cuts by the Fed.

Draghi was also hurt by a headline from Bloomberg that said he faced opposition from several key ECB governors in his ultimately successful bid to restart quantitative easing, according to officials with knowledge of the matter.

 The term “technical recession” has been all over the past month, as many analysts see the risk of a technical recession in the Eurozone’s largest economy piling up.

Amongst the many Trump campaign promises, the promise that the American people will “Have so much winning if I get elected that you may get bored with winning” stands out, however it doesn’t appear like it will become boring anytime soon.